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Wow that takes me back lol

Never heard of NewPipe, thanks for sharing

That’s pretty cool, thanks

This isn’t entirely the fault of the FTC, much of the underlying problems are because of the courts.

The FTC under Biden has been going after many different industries, from aviation to publishing, while the DoJ has been trying to stop mergers in fields such as healthcare and food. Both the FTC and DoJ have lost many cases in the courts in recent years. For example, the DoJ went after chicken producers for price fixing, but the jury ruled that they were innocent. Both the DoJ and the FTC lost over half a dozen cases just last year.^[1](https://www.reuters.com/legal/us-keeps-losing-antitrust-court-battles-few-expect-pullback-2022-10-04/)

It’s become pretty common for companies to prepare for litigation, they no longer believe that cooperating with antitrust agencies to negotiate a settlement is feasible under the current administration.

The current administration is litigating most mergers, and has had some success. For example the DoJ successfully stopped both Lockheed Martin and NVIDIA from buying competitors while the FTC blocked healtchare company mergers in some states.

But now the Supreme Court has passed a decision that would allow companies to shop for judges so that they can challenge the constitutional authority of federal regulators like the FTC and EPA.^[2](https://news.bloomberglaw.com/antitrust/federal-agencies-face-constitutional-fights-after-high-court-loss)

1. Reuters - U.S. keeps losing antitrust court battles but few expect pullback

2. Bloomberg Law - Federal Agencies Face Constitutional Fights After High Court Loss

Steve Huffman just following the footsteps of Elon Musk, during a recent interview Spez said he liked what Musk was doing with Twitter.

Twitter has lost 59% of their advertisement sales since Musk bought it.^[1](https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/05/technology/twitter-ad-sales-musk.html)

1. New York Times - Twitter’s U.S. Ad Sales Plunge 59% as Woes Continue

An internet/social media recession, we’re truly living in the 21st century.

I’m in a similar position when it comes to sports, football (soccer) in particular. The instances are still new, so I’ve been trying to engage in the comments and upvoting all the posts. It oddly reminds me of early Reddit when there were far fewer users and it felt more intimate, like you’d know everyone on the sports subreddit lol. I think instance on the Fediverse/Lemmy will continue to grow over time, just keep engaging :)

I used Twitter for all my local updates - from what’s happening at city hall to live traffic and weather updates.

What’s up with CEO’s messing with social media companies. Huffman and Musk seem to enjoy ruining good things :(

It’s like they say - birds of a feather flock together

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I was apprehensive of moving over to Lemmy, but I’m starting to get the feel of the fediverse and finally made the switch over.

I think the community can grow over time. It honestly feels like early Reddit, I’m quite enjoying Lemmy!